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Biggs, Mary – School Library Journal, 1980
Recommends a program of effective course-related library instruction in such areas as specialized encyclopedias, explaining research, locating sources, and use of indexes for students in secondary schools. (CMV)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Curriculum Development, High School Students, Library Instruction
Rankin, Virginia – School Library Journal, 1988
This project designed to teach library and thinking skills to grade 7 students emphasized the importance of metacognition. Students were asked to choose a research topic and to prepare and evaluate daily research strategies. Allotment of time for planning and reflecting on strategies was considered crucial to the project. (MES)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Instructional Design, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Krapp, JoAnn Vergona – School Library Journal, 1988
Reviews the literature of the critical thinking/problem solving approach to learning and discusses how these concepts relate to teaching research skills. Two activities designed to teach critical thinking and research skills in the context of grades 5 and 6 social studies are summarized. (2 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Rankin, Virginia – School Library Journal, 1992
Describes a method for teaching junior high school students doing library research a presearch process that helps them to relate research to prior knowledge of a topic and to develop questions about it. Criteria for judging students' presearches are included. (MES)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Evaluation Criteria, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Rankin, Virginia – School Library Journal, 1999
Discusses how to help students apply thinking skills to library research and provides examples of techniques for teaching comparing and contrasting, sequencing, classifying, cause and effect, problem solving, and decision making. Examples were effective with middle schoolers but could also be adapted for high school or older elementary school…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Halverstadt, Julie – School Library Journal, 1995
Discusses the rise in circulation in the Douglas Public Library District (Colorado) due to expanding educational options. Highlights include the Charter Schools Act, library skills instruction, home-schoolers' use of the library, materials availability, year-round reading programs, Internet benefits, and staffing increases and changes. (AEF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Library Circulation, Library Development
Gorman, Michael – School Library Journal, 1995
Discusses the results of the California "Tax Revolt," specifically Proposition 13, on public services. Examines the relationship between declining literacy levels and a lack of library skills; and proposes a program where libraries and schools can work together to restore library funding, adapt library instruction, and promote literacy.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Higher Education, Information Literacy
School Library Journal, 1984
This 5-article section provides an annotated bibliography of 39 books about computer technology; describes peripheral equipment essential for building computer systems; suggests an approach to software evaluation and selection; describes the implementation of a computer program for elementary/secondary students and teachers; and reviews 34…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science, Computer Software
Edmonds, Leslie; And Others – School Library Journal, 1990
Describes study that was conducted to evaluate fourth, sixth, and eighth grade students' use of an online catalog to gain bibliographic access to materials in a public library. Differences between online and card catalogs are examined, tests to measure students' skills and preferences are described, and implications for software design are…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Computer Software Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 4
Lewis, Barbara A.; Wooley, Jeanette M. – School Library Journal, 1994
Describes cooperative planning and projects with teachers, students, and the library media specialist at an elementary school to help update the library to meet current and future information needs. Highlights include flexible scheduling; resource sharing; classes in library skills; computer technology; and updating the collection to include…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Education, Flexible Scheduling, Futures (of Society)